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ruixen-smart-breadcrumb

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A client-side React breadcrumb shipped as a shadcn registry item. It composes shadcn breadcrumb primitives, uses Lucide for the default chevron, and expects Tailwind utilities plus the usual class-name helper stack. It accepts path items, a custom separator, a visibility cap, and a wrapper class.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of ruixen-smart-breadcrumb at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-smart-breadcrumb at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-smart-breadcrumb at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for ruixen-smart-breadcrumb
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate1
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal33.0 KB (98.5 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 2.92s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>re-5792f024cd22/src/lib/utils (imported by src/components/ui/breadcrumb.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>re-5792f024cd22/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

It builds and mounts cleanly inside the prepared stack, but it needs a shadcn-style setup and its headline ellipsis behavior is incorrectly wired. Adopt it only if you are willing to patch the placeholder logic, honor isCurrent, and label repeated breadcrumb landmarks.

Use it if

  • You already use shadcn breadcrumb primitives and want a small wrapper for route trails.
  • You need a custom separator and simple first-and-last path collapsing.
  • Your routes can treat the final visible item as the current page.

Skip it if

  • You need the supplied isCurrent flag to determine the current page; the implementation ignores it and always treats the last visible item as current.
  • You expect item icons from the demo; the component type and renderer do not include or render them.
  • You need a true accessible ellipsis; the inserted placeholder lacks the flag the renderer checks, so it becomes a link-like text item instead.
  • You render several breadcrumb landmarks on one page and cannot add distinct accessible labels.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-smart-breadcrumb
Declared dependencieslucide-react, radix-ui, clsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add the breadcrumb primitives and their Radix dependency, Lucide React, Tailwind styling, and the local cn utility backed by clsx and tailwind-merge. Configure the path alias or rewrite imports, then fix the ellipsis sentinel and add an accessible label when multiple landmarks appear.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/ruixenui/ruixen.com
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-18

Alternatives

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